Names of the Music Composers are usually written in Chinese, so even if the name奈々子(ななこ) showed up, it’d usually be rendered in Chinese most of the time. Or, it’ll all be in traditional characters, so 渡辺 would be written as 渡邊

Some names were misspelled in the CD booklet, but I left them the way they were. Didn’t bother to change them. Kaoru, j.p. has more detailed information on these, and many other songs from 張學友.

Names of Korean Music Composers were written in English and often misspelled, so my “한글ization” of these names might even be wrong. (you know, the wholeㅗ ㅓ/ㅜ ㅓ,ㅐ/ㅔ problem and whatnot)

If I have anything that’s wrong, such as any spelling of names, please let me know. Also, some songs may actually be Natively-Hong Kong, and I wouldn’t have a way of checking unless someone gave me the evidence. Don Ashley was a man who composed a significant number of 張學友‘s songs. It wasn’t until February 21,2008, that I found out from James, that he was a native of Hong Kong. So if there’s anyone else in this category, please let me know so I can take their names off the list.

Thank you, James, for having exposed me to the original versions of most of these songs at your store, and thank you, Kaoru, j.p., for allowing me to find the information that I’ve always been looking for. Your site clarified a lot of inconsistencies other sites had.
Of course, special thanks go out to:

鉛筆小丁
hellknight
FavoritesInOriginal
hopeyearn

For helping out in contributing to the list. Believe it or not, you guys are the bulk of the work behind this list! I can’t thank all of you enough.

Thanks for the comment! I knew people were actually viewing my site quite a bit, but you’re the first person who isn’t a relative or personal friend I know that has actually commented on this page (not even talking about the rest of my site yet).

I actually have a list of other cover songs done by other artists, and was even thinking of adding a separate page for that too, but haven’t had the time to do so. Now to tackle some of the issues bit by bit…

1. That is good to know. Hopefully someone will actually read the comments and see that. Learn something new everyday.

2. “悲しみは雪のように” was from a bad source, and I thought I’d updated it a long time ago to Kan’s “愛は勝つ”. But thank you for catching that.

5, 7, & 8. I would have to check out and listen to the song myself, before I can actually put down the original title and singer’s information with determination.

6. Some of the Korean videos aren’t readily available, or are already lost. I have some of the songs downloaded, and haven’t had the time to upload them. I found the particular song you were talking about, but haven’t had a chance to download and upload it here.

Everything else however, I’ve taken your suggestions and updated my site accordingly. Once again, thanks for your comments. I hope to hear again from you whenever you get some more updates, or whenever you can send me samples and information about those other songs.

Sorry for the delay in response. Your first post was caught in my spam box, and I haven’t had much of a chance to update my blogs, with semester finals and many other things going on.

Thank you for posting that URL though. I’ll update the URL as soon as possible, but the information on Timothy B. Smith will stay on there, because it’s who was credited in the original CD. However, thank you once again for clearing that up. Also, “Thank you!” to the many viewers who help me keep this site in check and let me know to update my information.

Great job, David! I have made a blog about canto-pop music vs their originals too… of course Jacky Cheung is on the menu. 🙂 Thought I would share the link here, perhaps you would like to come see and listen some of the original songs someday.

I checked out your site, and it’s pretty cool that you actually have both the original and Jacky’s version to listen to. AWESOME! Maybe you can help me with the broken links I have on here and find the original stuff for the other songs. Hahaha!

The source I had for 井上陽水’s “新しいラプソディー” merely put in “ラプソディー” I mean… “New Rhapsody” vs “Rhapsody”… I don’t know…

It’s a good thing you pointed out to me about “Sana Kahit Minsan” though. I’m surprised I didn’t have that song listed on the chart (probably did, and then deleted it on accident, because my computer was getting quirky on me again). But originally, I thought it was a Japanese song like most everything is. But I double-checked, and you are correct, it is indeed Phillipino.

The original post was posted by 铅笔小丁. I have tried to open that link myself and couldn’t get through, my anti-virus won’t let me through. We are in the US, I guess. So, if you can’t open some links, probably I can’t either. Anyhow, what is that file? Is it 張學友 – 親親’s original version? or just Jacky’s version? I can try to find alternative source for you. But need to know what it is. 🙂

張學友 is my favourite singer. I started looking up these songs because I sort of wanted to understand his songs better. I actually have another list filled with other artists and some of their cover songs, but haven’t really come around to posting it up yet.

Happy New Year!~ As for 親親, the original version should be 亲亲 by 姜鄂 from Singapore. It’s weird that you guys can’t open the link as I can open it here in the US. I guess it’s so far the only source online regarding the original song…

Someone replied and gave a response, but it doesn’t sound like the same song to me. Can you tell me if the music in the background is the same? Maybe the Mandarin version added some extra instruments and notes to it?

Yeah, in his later reprints of the CD, it’s credited to Paul Mauriat (as opposed to “Paul Maunat” as the typo was published in all the orignal jackets). You are correct. Thanks for catching that. But then, in the case of this MV, it’s accredited to 羅大佑.http://v.ku6.com/show/0YtHe9SZuNjggKYp.html
Confusing, yes, I know. But it turns out that Paul Mauriat first made 《臺北之歌》(Song for TaiPei), and 羅大佑 decided to use the music and put in his own lyrics.*
Also for the note, the Cantonese version of the song which came afterwards is 迷情, for those who wanted it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5ra0nyyBy8

Thanks for your information. I checked Jacky’s albums on Sunday and I did find that “Song For Taipei” was the original song of “思念”

Well, another song I just found is “單車少女”, whose composers were Elmar Kast and Joachim Horn-Bernges. I thought they were German, and I knew they composed quite a lot of songs for Nino De Angelo. As a result, I checked his albums from 1983 to 1985, and and I found that the original song of “單車少女” should be Nino De Angelo’s “Gar Nicht Mehr”. There is no relative animation in Youtube, so I upload a sample, please check it:

緣盡情未了 was from Pierre Cosso and Nikka Costa’s “Don’t Cry”, compsed by Pierre Cosso and L. C. Cohen in 1989. It is not easy to find Pierre Cosso’s ablums, but Nikka Costa’s ablums are not difficult. So, “Don’t Cry” can be found in Nikka Costa’s “Here I Am . Yes, It’s Me” (1989):

Well, after confirming the original song of “別讓我發現你在哭”, another song, “一吻=兩心印” became apparent, in that I strongly suspected that its original one should be sung by the same singer, or even in the same album. But I was misled by the Youtube’s animation “Tudo com voce”, which in fact was a different version, but which I thought was the same as that of José Augusto.

OK, anyway, the original song of “一吻=兩心印” is “Tudo com voce”, sung by José Augusto too, and also published in the same album “José Augusto” in 1990.

馬路英雄 is not quite hard, since the name of composer, Tony Clarkin, implied that it should be a song from the British band Magnum. But its original one was not the most famous song of this band. It was “Rockin’ Chair”, composed by Tony Clarkin and Russ Ballard (Not Bullard), from the Single in 1989.

Well, we have indeed almost filled that list, but in which some of them, I think, are still daunting. As I told you yesterday, at first I thought 夜深 should be easy, but in fact it wasn’t. Also, some of them seem impossible, such as 愛恩斯坦, 圈圈.

But you are right, it is heartening to see the gradual achievement of this list!

Yeah. Most of the German and foreign bands had at least a significant amount of success in Japan, so I thought I’d ask some Japanese friends to recognize the tunes for me. Kinda’ like hitting my own head in the wall at certain moments.

鉛筆小丁:
As far as 圈圈 goes, I’ll keep it on there for a bit more. I’ll definately have to look more into this before I decide whether or not to remove it. If it’s like the same as the case of 台北不是傷心地, I’ll definately be glad.

The original song of “一往情深” is Trio Rio’s “I’m still in love with you”, Composed by Oliver Heuss and Peter Fessler, from the album “New York – Rio – Tokyo” in 1986. Trio Rio was a short-lived German band, in which Peter Fessler was the vocalist and also the spirit, while Oliver Heuss was the key.

1. 單車的少女 should be 單車少女
2. Oh! No!’s original should be “No” by Newton Family
3. 籃雨 should be 蓝雨
4. 小姐, 貴姓? is mistakenly repeated.
5. 俞閒加油站 should be 偷闲加油站
6. For “In Love with You”, John Laudon is 刘诺生，a HK singer/songwriter. So this should be an original song for Jacky.
7. 剎那愛’s composer should be 谷村新司
8. For “Only Something love can do”, shall we put its cover “当我想起你” here? If yes, the original should be Trademark’s Only Love. BTW, lyrics of Only Love is different from “Only something love can do”
9. What is the original title of “失恋事小”？
10. Is “我得你“ a cover? I don’t think so since Eric Kwok is also a HK singer/songwriter.
11. Shall we add his latest Cantonese album’s covers?

1. You are indeed correct.
2. Also misread your previous post on that.
3. Damn, I can’t believe I made a mistake like that.
4. There was an issue where I tried to rearrange the cells, and I thought I had deleted the earlier cell which put 小姐, 貴姓? after 緣盡情未了. Fixed now.
5. I mistyped the 偷 as 俞. But it should be 偷閒, and not 偷閑. But to be sure, I’ll triple check. Thanks.
6. Thank goodness! One less song that needs to be tracked down. Also, just learned something new. Awesome!
7. Definately another mistake on my part.
8. I knew something was strange about the English version of this song.
9. I have no clue. The CD jacket just had ◯◯◯. So I copied them as is. 😛
10. Just for the note: I’m glad to see 郭偉亮(Eric Kwok)’s return to the 2-man group Swing. I originally thought that he had a single with the song Osaka. I didn’t realize that it was in a collection. I’ll keep it in the list, but cross it out.
11. You mean pictures of his albums? Yeah, I have most (if not all) of the pictures. I’ll have to wait a few days to get around to it though.

I think “Hon är Flickan”, the original song of “今晚要盡情”, is the same as “Hon gör allt för att göra mig lycklig”. This is important, in that “Hon gör allt för att göra mig lycklig” was in the album “Tillfälligheternas Spel” in 1990, implying that another song, “夜茫茫”‘s original song, might be in this album (this is Jacky’s strategy, I guess). But which one will be the target? It looks tricky because I do not have this album. In this album, however, I find that only the song “Tillfälligheternas Spel” is in length of more than 5 min, whereas “夜茫茫” is more than 5 min; and accordingly, I surmise “Tillfälligheternas Spel” should be my target. Fortunately, it is!

So just for my information, when exactly did “Hon är Flickan” come out as “Hon är Flickan” as opposed to “Hon gör allt för att göra mig lycklig”? Or is that the title people have just shorten it to, while “Hon gör allt för att göra mig lycklig” is the official title?

Well, I am sure “Hon gör allt för att göra mig lycklig” is the official name of this song, but I don’t think it can be abbreviated as “Hon är Flickan”. Perhaps this song has two name, but I am not sure…

The last original song I found was “Even If The Rain”, sung by Flava To Da Bone. This was the original song of “老是一件令人回味的事”, written by David Eriksen, Sabri Kitmitto (NOT Sabrio Kitmitto), and Henning Hartung. Here, Sabri Kitmitto and Henning Hartung are the members of Flava To Da Bone.

There are still couples of songs that I have no idea about their origination. They seem extremely difficult. I do want to find the original songs of “擁有” and “真愛”, but I failed. Wishes there will be someone who can furnish me some help ^_^

Seriously, if only these artists would just come out, and be like, “Oh hey, ____ is my song, and ____ is the original for ____ artist!” It would be much easier. Sometimes, I get so desperate with this, as to think a song like “高! 高!” should simply be from a song with the title “Go! Go!” or maybe “Higher! Higher!”. Too bad.

Your words are too kind. This isn’t all my work. I just copy and take from other people, and then I put it all in one simple-to-access page. However in turn, other people take from me. I noticed some folks simply copy and pasted my entire table, and left it as is. As far as I know, I’m the first non-Hungarian guy to spell “Newton Family” with its original name of “Neoton Familia” on the web. Funny enough, NOW there’s a wiki page in English about them. Before, I had to make due with a Google translation of the original Hungarian wiki page. But these are all little things. Back to wiki pages though… Did you also notice that my entry for this page in the external links of the Chinese Jacky Cheung wiki page, was removed? I never even got approved for the English one either. Seems like the assholes have gone from the English-speaking world to the Chinese one. Gr…!

1. In the Smile album, “轻抚你的脸” is a cover of 罗大佑’s “穿过你的黑发的我的手”released in 1984.
2. Also in the Smile album, “丝丝记忆” is a cover of 李恕权’s “每次都想呼喊你的名字” released as early as in 1984.
3. In 相爱 album, the song “狂傲” might be a cover song since 見岳章 is a famous japanese composer.
4. In 只愿一生爱一人 album, the song “夕阳醉了” should be a cover of 郑婷’s 谁想轻轻偷走我的吻 written by 童安格 for 郑。

You’re right. mコードにHeartbreak is even identified as the original song in the wiki (I know scholars have issues with wikipedia, and such, but it’s a good enough source for me).http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/SALLY

Good luck on getting the CD. Where do you normally get it from? I try to buy the Japanese originals on Amazon, but sometimes, they want you to have a Japanese address. As for the non-japanese originals, it’s much more rare and harder for me to find. I honestly have no idea where to buy them. My only source would be to ask James in Hong Kong.

Hey guys, with this theme, I didn’t realize that it was trying to pull up the video in a flash window –But it didn’t work. Most of the time, I’d just open up the links by opening things up in a new tab. However, it’s been fixed, and this “new feature” of opening up the video in a flash window is now working. Sorry for not noticing sooner!

I do the same as you do…want to find the original song!
but i also want to let you know that, all the songs in Album ‘Private corner’, are written FOR Jacky, rather than just change the language from the original!!

The song writer, Daniel Nitt and Roxanne Seeman were presented at the press conference as a proof.

so, don’t think you will ever find the so-called ‘original song’…
as they are original!!
cheers!!

Although I had originally thought that the songs were written for someone else, I did do some fact-finding long ago, and know that the songs were written for Jacky. However, Jacky even made statements that somehow the Cantonese lyrics for some songs couldn’t match the feelings produced from the original English lyrics. Most of the songs were written in English by the composers, but they ended up being replaced by Cantonese lyrics. So while there isn’t an “original English version” of the songs per se, the songs were not written in Cantonese from the beginning. So with Jacky’s latest album, we’ve hit a grey area.

最近真煩,太忙. But my late discovery of your post is like a glimmer of hope. Thanks!

As for 稀有品種, I’ll have to leave that out for now until we can get more info. I’m assuming if it’s really some obscure artist, it could be someone from Singapore or Malaysia, just like 黃品源’s 小微 was originally 阿弟’s 小微 –or maybe I could be completely off.

Actually I also somehow found the original composer of 爱因斯坦 was Kazuo Shiina （椎名和夫）, but I couldn’t go any further. It’s quite possible that the song was an original work for Jacky (based on the copyright info).

I added the 黃品源 original, but give me a few more days to check up on the 椎名和夫 song. Because I know 渡辺茂樹 is the guy that 編曲. Granted, I’m well aware of 渡辺茂樹 behind many productions, even in Hong Kong, but I’d still want to try to investigate a bit further.

Thanks! ^_^ Actually, I miss the days when we were listed on the Jacky Cheung Wiki page for English and Chinese. I got a lot of traffic initially from my entries in there, until some a-hole decided to edit my entries out. It’s still on the Cantonese wiki at least, but I’m sure now that I’ve mentioned that, it’ll be taken off as well.
-_-,

U are awesome!! Just saw ur site and love what u are doing! I was searching for some of the original songs from Jacky’s old song and happened that i searched the right keyword and it brings me to you!!! Thanks!

Updated music videos, and also, corrected the title for 周治平’s 我把心遺落在1989 (originally had it as “遺留”). Updated a few videos, and added some back in. Others aren’t recoverable due to copyright issues and closed accounts.
Found a replacement for Marc Anthony’s “One Shining Moment”, and added that back in.

With the new theme, I’m going to add in some images of Jacky’s previous albums and just rotate them out randomly. Got other plans too, but I just haven’t had the time. Took a major crisis to even devote any time to this site.

To be honest, I’m not too sure about the last entry for “無聲的吉他” (Part of the “不再讓你孤單” soundtrack). I wanted to visit the actual composer’s site (http://www.luncaiemas.com.my) and ask him directly, but it says that the website has been suspended. Any thoughts, anyone?

About:

I likez to keep it real, yo! HAHAHA!
I hate dubbing in movies in any language, and I especially hate it when songs are just translated in another language it shouldn’t be. I will admit though, sometimes the singer does do a better job with the cover song, but it’s still not the original. Just like those “digital re-masters” of old LP discs. Sure, maybe the sound is more clear compared to a black vinyl record, but it’s just not the same.
I’m not hatin’ on Jacky. I want to search for the ORIGINAL stuff!
So here’s a list of songs that have been changed to fit Cantonese palates. I need the entire world’s help in finding the original song, please!

Special Thanks to:

For helping out in contributing to the list. Believe it or not, you guys are the bulk of the work behind this list! I can’t thank all of you enough.
Thank you, James, for having exposed me to the original versions of most of these songs at your store, and thank you, Kaoru, j.p., for allowing me to find the information that I’ve always been looking for. Your site clarified a lot of inconsistencies other sites had.
Of course, special thanks go out to:

Names of the Music Composers are usually written in Chinese, so even if the name奈々子(ななこ) showed up, it’d usually be rendered in Chinese most of the time. Or, it’ll all be in traditional characters, so 渡辺 would be written as 渡邊
Some names were misspelled in the CD booklet, but I left them the way they were. Didn’t bother to change them. Kaoru, j.p. has more detailed information on these, and many other songs from 張學友.
Names of Korean Music Composers were written in English and often misspelled, so my “한글ization” of these names might even be wrong. (you know, the wholeㅗ ㅓ/ㅜ ㅓ,ㅐ/ㅔ problem and whatnot)
If I have anything that’s wrong, such as any spelling of names, please let me know. Also, some songs may actually be Natively-Hong Kong, and I wouldn’t have a way of checking unless someone gave me the evidence. Don Ashley was a man who composed a significant number of 張學友‘s songs. It wasn’t until February 21,2008, that I found out from James, that he was a native of Hong Kong. So if there’s anyone else in this category, please let me know so I can take their names off the list.